This list of Hollywood strikes names the industrial strikes organized by Hollywood trade unions such as SAG-AFTRA (formerly the Screen Actors Guild [SAG] and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists [AFTRA]), the Writers Guild of America (WGA), and the Directors Guild of America (DGA). Demands for better compensation, especially residuals, have been a major goal of the strikes.
Year | Strike | Duration |
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2024–25 | 2024–2025 SAG-AFTRA video game voice actor strike | 363 days [1] [2] |
2023 | 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike | 118 days [3] |
2023 | 2023 Writers Guild of America strike | 148 days [4] [5] |
2016–17 | 2016–2017 SAG-AFTRA video game voice actor strike | 340 days [6] |
2007-08 | 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike | 99 days [7] [8] [9] |
2000 | 2000 Commercial Actors strike | 182 days [10] |
1988 | 1988 Commercial Actors Strike | 25 days [11] |
1988 | 1988 Writers Guild of America strike | 154 days (the longest strike in the guild's history) [12] |
1987 | 1987 Directors Strike | 19 hours and 41 minutes (the shortest of all Hollywood strikes) [13] |
1986 | 1986 Actors Strike | 1 day [14] |
1985 | 1985 Writers Strike | 14 days |
1982 | 1982 animators' strike | 72 days |
1981 | 1981 Writers Guild of America strike | 92 days [15] [16] |
1980 | 1980 actors strike | 95 days |
1978-79 | 1978-79 SAG and AFTRA Commercials Strike | 50 days [17] |
1973 | 1973 WGA Screenwriters Strike [18] | 111 days [12] |
1972 | 1972 Composers and Lyricists Guild of America Strike | 60 days |
1967 | 1967 AFTRA Strike | 12 days |
1960 | 1960 Writers Guild of America strike | 148 days [12] (Film) |
1960 | 1960 Actors Strike | 42 days [20] [21] |
1952 | 1952 Actors Strike | 79 days [22] |
1945 | Set decorators Hollywood Black Friday strike | 231 days |
1942-1944 | 1942–1944 musicians' strike | 834 days (the longest of all Hollywood strikes) |
1941 | Disney animators' strike | 115 days [23] |
1936 | 1936 Hollywood workers strike backed by American Federation of Labor against the use of US Army and Navy involvement in motion picture production [24] |
According to the WGA's proposals chart, the guild's proposals would gain the writers about $429 million in total per year. The AMPTP's counter-proposal is an increase of about $86 million per year.